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July 2016 Plenary Meetings of the Permanent Council

This is a collection of documents of the July 2016 Permanent Council plenary meetings.

1111th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Update by the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Martin Sajdik. Report by the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1218 on the dates of the 2016 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting and the topics for the second part of the 2016 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (Russian Federation, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Poland, interpretative statement 3). Situation along the line of contact between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan and the Armenian-Azerbaijani State border. World Day against Trafficking in Persons, to be observed on 30 July 2016. Report on the Activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.

Address by the Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom, the Rt Hon Baroness Anelay Of St Johns Dbe. Presentation by the Secretary General of the Annual Evaluation Report on the Implementation of the 2004 OSCE Action Plan for the Promotion Of Gender Equality. Report by the Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Ambassador Argo Avakov. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1215 on the recommendation to adopt a decision on the OSCE Chairmanship in the year 2018. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1216 on amending OSCE Staff Regulations. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1217 on the Theme, Agenda and Modalities for the 25th Economic and Environmental Forum. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Current developments in Turkey. Response to a statement made at the 1107th meeting of the Permanent Council on the human rights of detainees in the European Union. Response to a statement made at the 1101st meeting of the Permanent Council on the case of Mr. O. Kobilov in Uzbekistan. The so-called “Yarovaya Package” of amendments to the legislation of the Russian Federation. The murder of journalist Mr. P. Sheremet in Kiev, Ukraine, on 20 July 2016. Twenty-fifth Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, held in Tbilisi from 1 to 5 July 2016. Report on the Activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Presidential elections in Moldova, to be held on 30 October 2016. Early parliamentary elections in Croatia, to be held on 11 September 2016.

Statement by the Delegation of France on the terrorist attack in Nice on 14 July (Annex 1). Report by the Chairperson of the Informal Working Group Focusing on the Issue of Migration and Refugee Flows (France, Annex 2).

Prior to taking up agenda item 2, the Netherlands called to mind the 298 victims of the tragic crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which occurred on 17 July 2014 (Australia, Partner for Co-operation, Annex). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1213 on the dates and agenda of the 2016 Economic and Environmental Dimension Implementation Meeting (Russian Federation, interpretative statement). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1214 on the agenda and organizational modalities of the 2016 OSCE Mediterranean Conference. Address by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Austria, H.E. Sebastian Kurz. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Nina Suomalainen. 2015 Annual Report by the Secretary General on the Implementation of OSCE Recruitment Policies. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Peaceful protests and the ensuring of constitutional policing in the United States of America. Police violence in the United States of America. Response to a statement made at the 1104th meeting of the Permanent Council on the rights of migrants in the United States of America. 21st anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Legislation restricting the rights to freedom of speech, assembly and religion in the Russian Federation. Report on the Activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Parliamentary elections in Montenegro, to be held on 16 October 2016. Parliamentary elections in Mongolia, held on 29 June 2016. Rerun of the Austrian presidential election, to be held on 2 October 2016.

Address by the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Mr. Ivan Šimonović. Financial Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2015 and the Report of the External Auditor. Annual Report of the Audit Committee. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1209 on the Financial Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2015 and the Report of the External Auditor. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1210 on the 2014 Financial Report and Financial Statements and the Report of the External Auditor. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1211 on the Terms of Reference of the OSCE Audit Committee. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1212 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Slovakia-European Union, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Ukraine, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4). Report by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, Ambassador Vaidotas Verba. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Kazakhstan’s election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2017 and 2018. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, observed on 26 June 2016. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersex (LGBTI) people. Freedom of association in the Russian Federation. Release of the human rights defender Ms. S. Korur Fincancı and journalists Mr. E. Önderoğlu and Mr. A. Nesin in Turkey. Violation of the human rights of detainees in the European Union. Terrorist attacks that occurred during the holy month of Ramadan. Report on the Activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.